Thread: SOTD Jul 30 - Aug 5

Had a phone interview pre-shave today, this yahoo in tennessee can't read a timezone map so he called me at 5:45 am. *THAT* was interesting... decided after we hung up that he and his job can go fly a kite. Celebrated with a nice leisurely shower and shave prior to sauntering in to work this morning.

Hot shower
T&H 1805
Edwin Jagger Best Badger
Moss Scuttle
5/8 Wade and Butcher spike point
30 trips on the Tony Miller #1 extravaganza
2 long leisurely passes with a bit of whistling and a sip or two of coffee in between strokes
TAZGMSC aftershave
Royall Lyme

Finished up with some chihuahua kisses prior to walking out the door. Today is going to be good and relaxing even if I have to wrestle it to the floor and knock a few teeth out of it's head.

-- Gary F.

The Winner arrived today. In person it doesn't look nearly as ugly as on the pic.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270008848821
The scales are lighter and aren't as scuffed as they show on the picture and the blade itself just needed a bit of polishing. After relatively little work on the Norton (compared to my other razors) it gave me a decent shave. Since I'm not satisfied with "decent" I took it back to the Norton and will try it out again in a couple of days (I'm also re-testing the Butler and the M&Y). Shaving is almost impossible in this heat. The sweating gave me a major rash in the neck area. Not as bad as after shaving with an electric, but still. Maybe I should take a day off tomorrow (the last day of the heat wave).

Cocobola Custom 6/8 blade
HoneyBee's Cedarwood Amber Shaving Soap
Natureade Aloe80
Saint Charles Shave New Spice EDT

RT

Wed:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Harris Arlington soap
8/8 W&B frameback
Harris face milk
T&H 1805

Went back to the Harris soap today and got a great shave. The blade was a recent ebay acquisition that I de-nickified and honed with an arkansas stone, 4k/8k norton, and 0.5 micron paddle. The edge could use some more work, so it's back to the 8k. Sadly, I had an outstanding edge last night but then decided to clean some of the surface scruff off the tail and managed to flip the blade around into my hand. Some superglue and electrical tape fixed the hand, but a 1 micron paddle didn't quite fix the blade.

My question is: Why did you start with the AK-stone if you already have a Norton which cuts faster? Could have saved youself a bit of time, unless you were REALLY curious about trying it out.

Arkansas stones are only about 800-1k grit. It got the nicks out very quickly and took the edge to hair-popping sharp as well (though it was obviously rough).

AFIK they cut slower than the Norton 4k but you can at least press on it and grove it without the fear of damaging the Norton. I have a rough Norton oilstone for that purpose that worked quite well for severely damaged edges.